Category Archives: IT Strategy/Transformation
User Access – Time for a change?
User expectations and the range of devices they use to access IT systems are growing[...]
Migrating to Windows Server 2012
Extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends on 14 July 2015, so you need to[...]
End User Computing:
This paper is written for business executives and managers with an interest in how technology[...]
Mobile security is more than protecting local data
By now we’ve all heard the term Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This phenomenon is[...]
What are APT’s?
What is an APT? APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat. The goal of this form[...]
Say What?
Recently I attended the IBM Security Systems Analyst Meet the Experts day in Heathrow. With[...]
Security: the oft-forgotten dimension
Computer security is a hot topic today, and much talked about. There are endless emanations[...]
Juggling Performance, Availability and Security
By Tony Lock A recent report from Freeform Dynamics illustrates that many corporate networks are[...]
Controlling Application Access
Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal[...]
Predictions for 2014
My views on market developments in 2014 are not sensational, I’m afraid. I offer them[...]
Will the CMO inherit the Earth?
By Dale Vile Two narratives concerning the CIO/CMO relationship are doing the rounds at the[...]
Voice recognition in healthcare
By Dale Vile I first discovered dictation software back in 2001 when I ended up[...]
Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to move forwards
By Charles Brett and Tony Lock During an Analyst Briefing at the IBM Development Laboratory[...]
Social Business and unknown unknowns
By Charles Brett At an Analyst Briefing in London in late September IBM described what[...]
Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation
By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]
Clouds and the Data Centre weather forecast
By Tony Lock Enterprise Data Centres are complex collections of systems acquired over long spans[...]
The End User Security Jigsaw
Organisations of all sizes are trying to understand the security implications of mobile working, device[...]
The Data Protection Imperative
In this short paper, we spell out why the time has come to adopt a[...]
Data Protection as a Business Enabler
While the importance of business information is almost universally recognised, few organisations have enjoyed either[...]
Storage Anywhere and Everywhere
With more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services, with access via[...]
Don’t forget the desktop
By Dale Vile Ask anyone in the industry about the future of end user computing[...]
DCIM and Energy Management
By Tony Lock Over several decades IT management has focussed almost exclusively on keeping servers[...]
Speeding up ‘Change’
By Tony Lock For much of the last decade ‘IT’ has become something of a[...]
Empowering your users the ‘right way’
By Tony Lock Many organisations say their people are among the most valuable assets they[...]